Lees Hotel - The Only Heritage Listed Iconic Hotel in Qld

The Motel accommodation is part of the Iconic Lees Hotel made famous by Slim Dusty in 1957 with Australians very first worldwide number one hit song "The Pub With No Beer".[And we haven't run out of beer since 1947,when the American troops drank it dry !] In 2005, the Hotel became the only Heritage Listed Iconic hotel in Queensland.

The entire Motel and Hotel has been extensively refurbished throughout 2011.

Some interesting guests and visitors over the years include the Governor of Queensland in 2007. The American Ambassador, complete with bodyguards, made a special trip in 2010 .Lees is listed as a destination in the Lonely Planet tourist guidebook . The Hotel has also featured on Channel 7's Sunrise.

Within the recently refurbished Motel we have 20 ensuite motel rooms and two hotel rooms. ... [+] More All of our beds are top of the range Sealy ensembles for absolute comfort with pillow top mattresses and colour-coded finishes . All the rooms are fully carpeted with tea and coffee making facilities and the very best air conditioning systems that run in almost complete silence.

Facilities include a great restaurant with seating for over 150 people (just great for family or business functions), a Beer garden/Garden bar with a large lawn area for the children to play and the very latest barbecue equipment for the great Aussie barbecue.

The "Cane Cutters Bar" is well known for its photographic history of early cane cutting when the first Italian families brought cane cutting to Ingham around 1947 and of course the entire "pub with no beer" original poem and the legend is "writ large upon the wall". The bar is now fully air conditioned and has been refurbished while retaining its charm of terrazzo flooring, timber benches and the wonderful bar top cut from 150-year-old mango tree. A great place to enjoy great bar food available as well as an ice cold beer!


The Lounge Bar has comfortable individual lounge seating, air conditioning, full carpeting and wide screen TV.

Location: The Hotel is in an excellent location in the middle of the CBD, directly across from Hinchinbrook Shire Council Hall, just 60m to Coles supermarket as well as the Post Office.

Style: a substantial two-storey building with large verandahs and open-air decks, although there has been a pub on this site since 1875, the current upgrade has withstood the test of time over the last 50 years.